The White Star Liners Olympic and Britannic were near-identical sister ships of the Titanic which served in the First World War. HMHS Britannic was a hospital ship that sank after apparently hitting a mine in 1916. British Pathé has footage of her construction and launch. RMS Olympic served as a troopship and the archive contains footage of the liner from the 1920s, 1930s, and also from pre-1912 (in the "Titanic Disaster" film). Rohilla and Carmania were also passenger liners which did war service.
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RMS Olympic setting sail. Shots of relatives and survivors after Titanic sinking.
British Pathé
White Star passenger liner HMHS Britannic under construction at Belfast shipyard.
British Pathé
Item showing new funnel for HMHS Britannic.
British Pathé
Launching of HMHS Britannic at Belfast.
British Pathé
Four ships totalling 180,000 tons set new record for being in Southampton harbour together.
British Pathé
Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, arrives back in Southampton after a ten week holiday.
British Pathé
Liner "Olympic" cuts right through the lightship "Nantucket" in a dense fog.
British Pathé
Good footage of a lifeboat rescue - hospital ship Rohilla has sunk close to coast.
British Pathé
CARMANIA Returns to Civilian Life, 1919.
British Pathé